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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data • Lazo, Caroline Evensen. • Someday when my cat can talk / Caroline Lazo; illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker. — 1st ed. p. cm. • Summary: A girl imagines what her cat would tell her about its exotic travels to such places as the foggy English coast, Spanish bullfights, and an art gallery in Montmartre, France. Includes facts about the places mentioned. • ISBN 978-0-375-83754-8 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-375-93754-5 (lib. bdg.) • [1. Cats—Fiction. 2. Voyages and travels—Fiction. 3. Imagination—Fiction. 4. Stories in rhyme.] I. Br ooker, Kyrsten, ill. II. Title. • PZ8.3L396 2008 • [E]—dc22 • 2006101809

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The illustrations are rendered in collage and oil paint.

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